760 CATALOG OE OF 



137. Cryptolechia cecophorella. 



Mas. Aurato-Jlava ; antennce pubescentes ; thorax et abdomen 

 obscure fusca ; pedes breves, robusti, tibiis posticis Jimbriatis; 

 alee anticcB margine exteriore marginisque interioris dimidio 

 exteriore roseis, strigis duabus discalibus obscurioribus postice 

 approximatis ; posticce fimbria obscure cinerea. 



Male. Gilded yellow. Palpi smooth, very slender, twice 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiforin, almost 

 twice louger than the second. Antennae pubescent. Thorax, 

 except the tegulae, and abdomen dark brown. Legs short, stout ; 

 hind tibiae fringed. Wings elongate. Fore wings hardly acute, 

 with a broad rosy band, which extends along the exterior border 

 and from thence alon^ half the length of the interior border, but 

 does not reach the costa; two darker rosy streaklets converging 

 hindwards in the exterior disk, the outer one contiguous to the 

 band; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings 

 brighter than the fore wings ; fringe dark cinereous. Length of the 

 body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



138. Cryptolechia pudorinella. 



Foem. Purpureo-rvfa ; abdomen aurato-flavum ; tibice postica 

 fimbriatce ; alee anticce plaga apud angulum interiorem late 

 rufa; postica? aurato-flavce. 



Female. Purplish red. Palpi smooth, slender, very much 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, shorter 

 than the second. Abdomen and hind wings gilded yellow, the 

 former extending rather beyond the latter. Legs rather slender, 

 gilded yellow ; hind tibiae with a short fringe. Wings moderately 

 broad. Fore wings hardly acute, with a chalybeous tinge ; a trans- 

 verse brighter red patch resting on the interior angle ; fringe gilded 

 yellow; exterior border straight, slightly oblique. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a, b. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



